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Money Bags
Young scholars compare budgets of various federal agencies and graph the monetary relations between these top-funded agencies. They propose alternate budgets and justify their own monetary priorities.
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Commemorative Plates
Students research life of a child who was a victim in the Holocaust and create a commemorative plate for that child to display in the school.
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Traveling Through Europe with Brochures
Young scholars research a chosen European country. They create travel brochures and expression booklets to present their information to the class.
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Technology and the Great Depression
Students examine how technology affected the Great Depression era. They view a video, conduct Internet research, and write articles for a class technology magazine.
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Why Are Volcanoes Dangerous?
Learners investigate the causes and characteristics of volcanic eruptions including pyroclastic eruptions. They study the effects of natural disasters.
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Fall of the Leaning Tower
Students participate in a hands-on experiment with different soil structures and the ability of each to carry a specific load. Students take a core soil sample and describe its content layers. Students stand bricks in the soil overnight...
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Phases of the Moon
Students determine the phases of the moon. They observe experiments to formulate explanations for moon phases. Students identify waxing crescent, waning gibbous, and the causes of the phases.
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Grand Canyon History Lesson
Students explore the history of the Grand Canyon. In this Grand Canyon instructional activity, students read "Grand Canyon National Park" by David Peterson and respond to questions regarding the piece. Students also create their own...
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Promoting the Common Good
Young scholars participate in a service learning activity regarding universal human rights. In this service learning lesson, students craft posters that illustrate guaranteed rights that all people should possess.
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Identifying Shapes and Matching
Students recognize shapes and repeating shapes can make a pattern. In this patterns lesson plan, students identify pictures of shapes as patterns or not patterns. Students describe how the pattern is made.
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Documenting Science Through an Active Inquiry Process
Students follow procedures regarding scientific data collection. In this scientific inquiry activity, students investigate inquiry questions through research and data collection. Students use technology tools to create products that...
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The Tale of the Feral - Care and Multiplication of Feral Cats
Students differentiate between a feral cat and a domesticated cat. In this cat lesson plan, students use the scientific method, calculate averages, solve story problems, and learn how a caretaker can help a feral colony live safely.
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Chef for a Day
Students make chocolate chip cookies. For this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
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Initiation – Industrial Revolution
Sixth graders examine historical artifacts. In this Industrial Revolution lesson, 6th graders discover how modern conveniences are connected to innovations of the Industrial Revolution era. Students interview adults about technological...
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Addends with Spiffy
Young scholars solve single variable equations. In this missing addend instructional activity, students solve problems with missing addends. Young scholars create a function box to help study numerical reasoning.
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Severe Storms
Students strategize storm safety. In this safety lesson plan, students research sever storms. Students create a presentation to share what information they found.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Word Baseball
Students review irregular words and build fluency by playing a game. In this irregular word instructional activity, students label a variety of blank index cards, then post the index cards around the room as signs...
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Build Accuracy /A/, /M/
Students practice identifying the letters /a/ and /m/. In this letter identification lesson, students examine letter cards for /a/ and /m/, tell the difference between the two, and say the sound for each. They play an identification game...
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Letter Sound Accuracy
Students explore language arts by participating in a letter identification activity. In this spelling lesson, students identify the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. Students collaborate in small groups and utilize large...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Baseball
Students practice sounding out words. In this phonics lesson, students play a baseball game, practicing sounding or stretching out words for accuracy. Students read the word off the card and stretch it out.
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Pyramid Panic Lesson
Students research human health by identifying fatty and sugary foods. For this food choices lesson, students discuss the five food groups and examine the healthiest choices from each group. Students utilize the web to complete a health...
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Counting Using Money
Second graders count fake money by grouping like coins together. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders complete worksheets provided in this lesson.
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Plastic Poison
Students explore the processes used in the making of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The types of pollution caused in the manufacturing and use and the problems in the disposal of this product is examined in this lesson.
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Identifying Correct Change
Learners analyze the importance of recognizing whether or not they have been given correct change. They brainstorm ideas for determining whether or not they have received correct change. Students model and practice dialog to request...